Project establishes stricter measures to combat criminal factions in Brazil
This week, the Bill that establishes stricter measures to combat criminal factions in . Known as , the proposal seeks to intensify the fight against organizations that operate in drug trafficking, cargo theft, weapons trafficking and other illicit activities. The topic promises to dominate the Congress agenda in the coming days.
Just as happened in — where the text underwent six changes — the project also divides opinions in the Senate. While parliamentarians advocate greater rigor in tackling crime, experts reinforce that the country needs, in parallel, to invest in education, prevention and social reintegration to attack the causes of crime more broadly.
The rapporteur of the project in the Chamber, (PP-SP), currently on leave from the position of federal deputy, states that the objective of the text is to deal with the problem in a pragmatic way, combating dominated territories and preventing the recreation of criminal centers after the arrest of leaders. In an interview with Young PanDerrite said he considered it “absolutely normal” for the Senate to make changes to the text and declared confidence in the work of the rapporteur on the matter in the House, (MDB-SE).
He also reinforced that, after the vote, the text will return to the Chamber: “Senator Alessandro Vieira is a police chief, he knows public security, he has good traffic in the Senate, I am sure he will do a good job; when they happen, he will necessarily return to the Chamber, we will study the changes made; if the changes result in improvements, the Chamber approves and will send it to the President of the Republic to sanction the Legal Framework for Combating Organized Crime in Brazil even though his party, the PT, is the basis of the government, having voted against the toughening of penalties, but this is no surprise for anyone who follows politics!”
For the director of the Civil Police of , Artur Dian, Congress is aligned with the issue and the tendency is for the project to move forward without major changes. Designed to weaken factions such as and , the PL creates a set of legal and operational measures to dismantle the structure of these organizations. The proposal toughens penalties for participation in criminal factions — something that previously only occurred for leaders — and establishes actions such as: general increase in penalties; transfer of faction leaders to maximum security prisons and expansion of integration between security forces.
With organized crime consolidated as the number one agenda for the 2026 elections, authorities are showing concern about the control of territories, especially in large cities, and the constant disputes between factions, which have increased rates of violence and trafficking. The central objective of the project is precisely to interrupt the cycle of reorganization of these groups. To move forward, the text needs to be approved by the Senate and, subsequently, be sanctioned by the President of the Republic.
